The Overnightscape Underground

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1:47:04 – Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he wonders about kids today and remembers Mary Tyler Moore. Also, a review of the new Michael Keaton movie, “The Founder”, and lots more…

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Show notes: If we’re pissed off now, what will we be like in 30 years?; kids today; new add-on’s to the MC studio (compressor and wall-mounted 24″); “Night Flight”; playing Jeopardy with Alexa; there are still Christmas trees on the sidewalk; noticing some effects of the Trump presidency; the “pariah” theory of progress; Gen X’ers and millennials; will I ever lose interest in the obsessions I’ve had for years?; Music Break 1*; “Star Wars XIII: The Last Jedi”; “Star Wars” hype machine; napping on campus; nap spots at my two alma maters — which is better: University of Alabama or University of Alabama AT Birmingham?; Mary Tyler Moore has passed away; “Buddy Holly” by Weezer; John Hurt of “Alien” has passed away; a trip to the Video Street Video Store**; “The Founder” review; Music Break 2*; odd-looking movies coming out that appeal to no one (“The Great Wall”; “Boss Baby”); are we in a “Truman Show” alternate reality?; what came first, the chicken or the egg?

*Music Breaks: “Lose Control” by Gary Wilson and the Tredici Bacci; “Go Easy Low” by Aglow Hollow; “Nothing/Anything” by Westy Reflector; “Babyface & a Cigarette” by BlunderBox. All music is Creative Commons Atrribution/Non-commercial/Share-Alike and is available at the Free Music Archive.

**Video Street Video Store: “McDonald’s Training Film” (1972).

Backing music for tonight’s episode is the Midnight Cassette System (CCO 1.0 Universal, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released January 2017 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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1:23:22 – Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he tries out some Cuban rum fresh from the island itself, and votes for new Monopoly tokens. Also, a trip to the Video Street video store.

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Detailed show notes: Ban sunglasses from Poker; renovations to the MC studio; memories of when I was a mystery shopper for upscale restaurants; voting for new monopoly tokens at votemonopoly.com; “Bright Lights” documentary on HBO; how I’m related to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher; opening up some Havana Club Cuban rum; playing “Jeopardy” with Alexa; a trip to the Video Street video store ; Mandela Effect; “DisneyWar” book review about the contentious Eisner years and the Disney “animation renaissance”; “LaLa Land” review; music break**; Barack Obama’s farewell address to the nation; Medal of Freedom.

*Video Street segment: Girls’ Talk commercial, 1990 – Teen Bible Study – Sega Summer promo video starring Lou Rawls, 1994.

**Music Break: “I Have Heard of a Place” by The Astrometrics (CC — attribution, non-commercial); “New Humans Delution” by Lobo Loco (CC — attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

Backing music for tonight’s episode is the Midnight Cassette System (CCO 1.0 Universal, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released January 2017 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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1:10:39 – It’s another hot summer night outside in Birmingham, AL. Tonight, Mike discusses a near miss he had passing a fiery car wreck on his way to work this week and two other near death experiences he’s had in his life; Barnes n’ Noble; the Criterion Collection; Playstation 2 reviews (“Jaws Unleashed”, “Red Dead Revolver”, “Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick”); confusing civilians for store clerks; dealing with a broken down car and would the world be better off if we all worked from home (less car accidents, etc.)?; movie reviews (“Dazed and Confused” *1993* and “Everybody Wants Some” *2016*); Northern-based Utz potato chips buying Birmingham-based Golden Flake; “The Blair Witch Project” re-make is being directed by a guy who is originally from Birmingham and other locals who have gone on to make good (St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the “Swiss Army Man” director).

Music for this episode: “Woodstock Blues” by the Bayou Trio (CC — ND, SA)

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-commercial Share-Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Hoihoi-san endorsed. (English Edition)

1:19:48 – This week’s topics: the need for perfectionism, introversion draining vs getting used to talking, plastic model construction, Ichigeki Sacchu! Hoihoi-san, masculine/feminine name impressions, Bing Lee on Chinese radio, radio stations in Australia, irritating songs, radio dramas and Cold Case, how The Borderline (警界線) irks me, JStarsVS+ and Zoom from the Need for Speed soundtrack and other music, the Confederate Flag, Glitch, misuse of Cantonese, Hong Kong style milk tea.

Recorded in Sydney, Australia on July 19, 2015. Licenced under: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Attribution: Clara Tse. Terrible singing & HoiHoi-san Illustration: Clara Tse.

Released in July 2015 on The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts, and Nai Wong Bao Network, an independent network focusing on Asia Pacific matters.

Thanks for listening to this podcast. (´∀｀) Apologies for audio quality. The Cantonese-Chinese version of this podcast is unavailable at this time.

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Jim invites everybody to come and join the ROAR channel on TeamSpeak.   Download the program for Mac, Windows or Linux at: www.teamspeak.com   There are also apps for IOS and Android…   Here’s the information you will need:   The server name is: tt.borris.me   and the password is: Avalon   Come on over and join us!   Hope to see you soon.   Best from Jim, Lillian and all of the ROARCorps.

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54:54 – A story focused edition of the Sporadic Entertanium Capsule of the Internet Airwaves features a story from Bret Harte, the first part of Phillip K Dick’s Mister Spaceship, our Regular Dose of The Magic Island, a rare Dr Panasoffkee/Ribber rendition of a Porter Waggoner favorite, Stern/Artie Lange Babble, Crisis to Crisis, and MORE!!!

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Theme music: ‘Not Enough Crayons For Everyone’ by Twink

Attribution by PQ Ribber.

Released June 2012, on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and often clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and recombinant productions, thereof.

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Jim Fidler announces the launching of the Snowman Radio Podcast

The SnowMan Radio Broadcast, a satirical talk show, was produced between August of 1999, and May 2001 by Jim Snowbarger of Marshalltown Iowa. The program was broadcast over LiveStreamAmerica.com. Later shows were also broadcast on ACBRadio.org. Shows were also posted on Live365.com and a now defunked service called GiveMeTalk.com. All voices and nearly all of the music used on this show were that of Jim Snowbarger.

The Program was supposedly originated from a mythical radio station known as WWSNOW, an A.M. station which featured talk programming comprised of the stream-of-consciousness ramblings of The SnowMan. The show featured three primary personalities:

• The SnowMan – the self-possessed star of the show and boss of the station. Hefty Genitals – NewsMan and general fun-loving man about town.
• The program engineer and producer, who speaks over an intercom system, often harassing the SnowMan as he does his show, but who is never named.

Other personalities referred to but never heard were Nookie, girlfriend of Hefty Genitals, an unnamed secretary, presumably the SnowGirl, and the staff psychologist Dr. Weebit Mental, though Dr. Weebit does make one appearance.

The program was actually produced in a small spare bedroom with an 8-channel mixing board, several effects devices and a computer. The first 25% of these programs were produced on analog tape, with the remainder done with multi-track computer software. All programs were produced on Saturday afternoon, and uploaded late saturday

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47:18 – Manny the Mailman, Wayne from Sparetime Radio, Frank Nora, Brian Jude, and Bob Lement of Static Radio contribute their opinions and thoughts!  PQ Ribber hosts the festivities with breathless pleasure!

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Overall attribution by PQ Ribber , all other hosts appear courtesy of themselves.

Released January 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts presenting amazingly unique programs that are safe and effective.

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3:04:36 – PQ Ribber brings you some amazing shows from all over and makes them into a Cluster of Great Listening!  Show List, info and attributions follow below:

Attribution by PQ Ribber .

Released October 2010 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts presenting amazingly unique programs that are safe and effective.

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